Whether by design or default,
information technology (IT) has become a critical component of the state
government infrastructure.

Well that’s kind of uninspiring.

That opening is followed by a discussion of the need to get
a grip on IT spending, to meet public expectations when it comes to doing
electronic business with government and to provide for public safety.

This is all well and good. But who, really, wants to be a part of
that?

I can just imagine a CIO walking into the governor’s office
to discuss how IT should be deployed. After a while, the governor sighs and says, “Well
you know John, “whether by design or
default, information technology has become a critical component of the state
infrastructure.”

Something fundamentally big is happening that will
profoundly affect the life of every person and every business over the next
five to 15 years – the collapsing of everything into one single, global,
ubiquitous, collaborative virtual IT world.

And a little later:

The PC revolution has been about empowering user and
consumers; now the enterprise has to take them and their new tools into
consideration in new ways. Instead of just connecting India [for example] to the network, India will now
actually participate in creating market opportunities. And, a billion people
with cell phones are going to have massive impact on the IT enterprise (emphasis supplied).